Precious memories - Cooper-Young Community Association

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G a llo w a y C h uirc h s ol d
Galloway from beginning
Precious
memories
to end has always been a
community church. It had
C a t h leen C ox Z e a n a h
tried to serve the community
For almost 100 years, Galloway United
Methodist Church, at the corner of Cooper and
in many ways–adults, young
Walker, has been the church home of many
Cooper-Young and Memphis residents. Since
a d u lt s , yo u t h , e l e m e n t a r y,
1909, Galloway has served the community
k in d e r g a r t e n , n u r s e r y.
and provided memories for thousands of
church-goers. In October, Galloway was
purchased by Lifelink International Church and
Galloway merged with St. Luke’s United
Methodist Church, located by the University of
Memphis. Lifelink International purchased a
church filled with many memories that have
been collecting over the last 100 years. In
honor of Galloway, here are just a few of
those memories and histories.
Continued on page 14
Founders of Galloway — Date unknown
Rev. C. D. Goodwin holding a piece of the church roof struck
by lightening during one of his sermons in 1962
November 2008
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Memphis Literacy
Council
For the last three years, Memphis
Literacy Council (MLC) has invited non-native
English speakers, usually immigrants and their
families to improve their English speaking,
reading, and writing skills with the help of
volunteer tutors.
Artist Next Door
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Cooper-Young is a vibrant community
where artistic inspiration runs through
Meetings
inside
Young Avenue.
CYCA Committees and then open the
floor for Q & A. Not sure what all the
CYCA does? This is your opportunity
to find out.
for a walk in Cooper-Young and see the leaves change. As you
walk the streets of Cooper-Young and meet more of your neigh-
CY Food Drive
Have your bag of non-
passion for the arts that I introduce a new column
perishable food at the curb by
– The Artist Next Door – which will spotlight an
8:30 a.m.
Volunteers will be by to
Teaching is Tough
pick them up between
9-11a.m.
Every job or profession has its
challenges. However, education seems
bors, will you think about how you can give back to the commu-
to have more than most. I have been in educa-
nity in which you live? So many of the residents of Cooper-Young
tion for 25 years, with the last l6 teaching for
have taken an active part in our neighborhood by volunteering at
Memphis City Schools. Over this quarter century, I
all levels, such as helping shovel mulch, participating on a
have experienced or witnessed almost every-
committee to being a member of the board of directors.
thing–the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Alley & Underpass
Cleanup
Saturday November 15,
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bring your gloves and nippers and
meet at the gazebo at Cooper and
We have a community here that understands taking those steps
to being involved only enriches the experience and makes them
Committee Meeting
Saturday November 15 supporter of the arts in Memphis. It is with this
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CYCA Membership
Saturday November 8, 10 a.m.
artist from the community.
Fall is here and sweater weather is upon us. Take the time to go
CYCA Board Meeting
November 18 at 7 p.m. at the
community offices at 2298 Young Ave.
works in the arts, or at minimum, is an avid
G ree t ing s :
Q & A with the CYCA Board
members will give a brief update on
though everyone in Cooper-Young is an artist,
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CYCA General Meeting
Young. CY volunteers along with
more colorful. As time moves on and people move in and out of the neighborhood for a job
Extras
volunteers from Immaculate transfer or a bigger house, have family obligations or just fulfill their
Bookworm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Conception School will divide up
Breakfast at Tiffany’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
and spruce up the neighborhood. t
obligation, we come to a point where we need a few willing neighbors to express interest in
becoming part of the leadership of Cooper-Young. The board of directors is comprised of residents that started volunteering at one event or
another, getting involved and wanting to make a difference. I know our neighborhood is full of
this type of person. No experience is necessary. I had never been asked to be on a board until
asked by a friend who I made when shoveling mulch (I can come up with a number of bad
Crime Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CYCA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
CYBA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Green by Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
jokes here) but can’t imagine my life as it is now if I had not said yes. I am blessed I get to see
Hipster Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
firsthand all the colors Cooper-Young offers.
Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
If interested in knowing more, please contact our office by email ([email protected]) or
phone at 901.272.2922.
Debbie Sowell
Contributors
Kristy Alley, Andy Ashby, Sydney Ashby, Marisa
Staff and Volunteers
Founder
Janet Stewart
Editor
Cathleen Cox Zeanah
Layout
Bradley Payne
Business Manager Chris McHaney
Distribution
Rich Bullington
Photographer
Miriam Dolin
Ad Managers
Chris McHaney
Debbie Sowell
Content
Ad Sales
Distribution
Sushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
[email protected]
Yard of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CYBA
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To contact editorial or content, please email
[email protected] and for questions about
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The LampLighter is published by the CYCA. The opinions and information presented here are
those of the staff and volunteers of the LampLighter and do not necessarily reflect the entire
Cooper-Young community. The LampLighter assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
However, we commit ourselves to providing current and accurate information.
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School Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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[email protected]. To contact advertising:
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gomery, Kimberly Richardson, Courtney Miller
Cooper Young Organizations
CYCA
Articles, submissions: November 15
Advertising copy: November 20
Distribution beginning: November 29
Please send all articles and submissions to:
[email protected]. For advertising rate
sheet, or to submit ads electronically, please email:
[email protected]
Tamara Walker
901-276-7222
[email protected]
CYDC
Sutton Mora Hayes
901-272-1459
[email protected]
CYCA Board Officers
PresidentDebbie Sowell
Vice-President
John Kinsey
SecretaryAndy Ashby
Treasurer
Jason Word
CYCA Committee Heads
BeautificationAndy Ashby
Code Enforcement Joe France
Block Clubs
Robert Grisham
Communications
Emily Bishop
Safety Education
Edmund Mackey
Festival 4-Miler
Richard Coletta,
Michael Ham,
Alan Ray
Membership
John Kinsey
Volunteer Council Open
CYCA N E W S
Ya r d of t h e M on t h
Ya r d of t h e M on t h
East of Cooper
West of Cooper
K ri s t in a n d B r ya n t C umming s
S y d ne y A s h b y
The Yard of the Month for the east side of Cooper is 2216 Nelson.
First of all, my wife and I want to say that it is an honor to be recognized for the yard of the
November’s Yard of the Month for the west side of Cooper goes to 1831 Young Avenue. You
can’t help but notice this house when you drive by. It is filled with elephant ears, amaryllis,
month nomination. We have only been at our house on Nelson for a little over three years, but we
azaleas, hydrangea, lambs ear, lilies and ferns. And that’s only a sampling of what you can find.
have worked extremely hard to landscape our yard in a way that will show the beauty of a
The owner has lived in the house for fifteen years and the garden has evolved over that time.
traditional “built in 1921” Cooper-Young house. Mostly, it is filled with items that were gifts from friends and neighbors. The owner describes her
When we first moved in, there was a large oak tree at the corner of our yard tearing up the
gardening style as “organized chaos,” something many of us can identify with. She rarely uses a
concrete sidewalk and making it very hard to grow grass on the side of our lot. Also, the front of
sprinkler to water the garden. Instead, dishes are washed over a bucket and used, along with air
the house was covered with large Juniper trees completely shielding the front of the house and
conditioning condensation, to water the plants and flowers. Using waste fruit juices and soda
patio from view. After taking down these trees, repairing the sidewalk and adding bermuda sod to
encourages blooms and attracts ants to control aphids. Beer helps break down organic matter, like
the front yard, the whole house seemed to say “Here I am!”
leaves, that can be used as compost and salt sprinkled in cracks help control weeds in the
We enjoy gardening, and after the aforementioned changes, we had a blank canvas to work
sidewalk. Please take time to enjoy this beautiful and unique garden in Cooper-Young. with. We planted a “Stop Sign Garden” by the stop sign at the corner of Cox and Nelson (the
corner of our lot). We planted a “knock-out” rose bush and rosemary and now have people
literally “stopping to smell the roses” or snipping off a bit of rosemary to enjoy.
Quite a few of the plants in our landscape beds are pass-along plants or “orphans,” as we call it.
Meaning, divisions of plants given to us from our neighbors, and plants we are able to divide and
share with others, as well as the occasional plant or shrub previously tossed to the curb that we
rescued before trash day. We have really enjoying getting our hands dirty and look forward to watching our
landscape mature.
Community Spirit
Mission Our purpose is to form an association of residents and interested
parties to work together to make our diverse and historic community a
more desirable and safer place to live, worship, work, and play.
CYCA
Help to feed a neighbor in need
The Cooper-Young Community Association is holding their second
annual food drive on Saturday, November 15. All neighbors are
asked to place their donation in a bag on the curb by 8:45 a.m. on
Nov. 15. Volunteers will then canvas the neighborhood, collecting
bags, and bring them to Peabody Elementary School to be sorted.
The Peabody Beta Club and SOCKS club will help to sort and
Enclosed is a check for my membersip in the Cooper Young Community Association
organize the items. The high school cabling class at Kansas Career
New
and Technology Center is making the community handouts. All food
Senior 55 and older – $5
donations will be given to the Loaves and Fishes Closet in First
Congo, as well as to families of Peabody students who have a
special need.
Donations needed include: Canned and dry soup mixes, hamburger helper or other boxed dinners, canned meats and stews,
canned tuna, spaghetti and other pastas, sauces, packaged dry goods, such as rice and stuffing,
breakfast foods, such as cereal, oatmeal, and pancake mix. There is also a large need for pop-top
Vienna sausages, peanut-butter crackers, cheese crackers, breakfast bars, beef jerky, or anything
someone might put in a child’s lunch box. Please, no perishable items or glass jars.
See’Trail Mackey and Carmen Weaver are co-chairing the event. If you have questions or would
like to be involved, please contact [email protected].
Renewing
Individual – $15
Household – $20
Trestle Tender – $50
Name_ _______________________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________ Zip___________________________
Phone________________________________________________ Email___________________________
I want to hear about volunteer opportunities
Enclosed is my gift of $_ _________________________________________________________________
in honor or/in memory of_ ______________________________________________________________
Enclosed is my gift of $___________________ for the General Operating Fund
Mail this form with your payments to:
CYCA Membership, 2298 Young Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
You can also join online at www.cooperyoung.org. The CYCA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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CY BA a n d CYCA N E W S
AUCTION ACTION
Bevy of rental properties to be sold
Cooper
Young
December
4 Artist Invitational set for
November
6
COU RTN EY M I LLE R SANTO
CYBA
The
Cooper-Young
Invitational
hosted
by the
Cooper-Young
Business
Association will
Change
is coming Artist
for the
residents of
the 1000
block
of Bruce Street
in Cooper-Young.
Onbe
held
at the local
gallery,
Artistsofonthe
Central. The
Central
gallery, owners.
located at 2256
Central
December
4 nearly
one-third
properties Artists
on the on
street
will change
The properties
CYCA
Help cean up Cooper-Young
on Nov. 15
An d y A s h b y
Help reduce crime and clean-up Cooper-Young at
Avenue, will
year’sAuctions,
showcasea for
the annual
which provides
will be sold be
by this
Roebuck
Memphis
basedevent
real estate
company.area artists with the
the same time on November 15. The Cooper-Young
opportunity
to displayon
andBruce
sell their
works. The
Invitational
willisfeature
25 artists
who live
The six properties
are owned
by Bret
James, who
sellingover
his entire
inventory
of
Community Association is organizing a neighborhood
and/or
work
in the Cooper-Young
area. The
show is Thursday,
November
6, from 6oftothe
9 p.m.
forty-one
Midtown
properties through
the Roebuck
Auction. More
than one-third
properties
clean up that day, with a focus on alleys and railroad
Niles
Wallace,
a well-known
artist
living
in Midtown,
who price.
has given
lectures and
beencould
in exhibiwill
be sold
as “absolute,”
which
means
there
is no reserve
Theoretically
a buyer
tions
all over
States,
will curate
the event. There
will$1.
be a variety of works including
purchase
onethe United
of the fifteen
absolute
properties
for as little as
underpasses.
Neighborhood volunteers won’t be alone as the
sculptures,
paintings,
photography,
glass, craft
art and
wood
pieces. The
will be
The only
CY property
being auctioned
without
reserve
is 1052
Bruce,works
whichdisplayed
James purchased
Immaculate Conception church on Central will have its
available
cash or check
only
to theCounty
individual
artist.InSo,
if you have
waiting to
in 2006 for purchase,
$30,000, according
to the
Shelby
Assessor.
October
2007,been
he advertised
own volunteers help. Aileen Palmer with Immaculate
start
that collection,
the bedroom
time to begin. the property
for rentnow
as aistwo
duplex—renovated inside and out—for $650 a month.
Conception said she is looking to disperse some 100
Complimentary
refreshments
willwill
be be
available
andcommercial
music will be
providedinclude
by theaowner
the
In total, nineteen
CY properties
sold. The
properties
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Memphis
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and aFriends. The
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public, so
markto
station that
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houses
daycare,
commercialevent
building
on and
Cooper
is currently
home
!
Sold
volunteers that day, with some coming to Cooper-Young.
Those interested in participating should show up at the gazebo at Cooper Street and Young
your
for November
6. Cooper-Young
the neighborhood.
artist community of Memphis, come see our
Lux, calendars
and an apartment
complex
on the edge ofis the
Avenue that Saturday at 10 a.m. Please bring gloves and cutting instruments (anything from
works
enjoy
our historically
hipofenclave
in Midtown.
Thisand
is the
largest
single sell-off
Cooper-Young
properties. In February 2006, Roebuck
shears to saws,
since we will cutting$309,900
down a variety of vegetation).
$349,900
$237,500
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information,
visit www.cooperyoungfestival.com.
auctioned
CY properties
as part of a larger Midtown auction. As in this auction, many of
We will be taking a cut-it-and-leave-it approach to alley clean up, as CYCA board member, Joe
those properties were unimproved rentals. Steve Lockwood attended the auction and reported on
France, will come by later with a Bobcat and clear out anything that has been cut down. This
it for the LampLighter:
should allow us to clear out more alleys. We will focus on larger alleys, such as the ones between
CYBA
Family fun in Cooper-Young
Ta m a r a W a lker
First Thursday Night Out in Cooper-Young has
become a favorite among many around the city.
Oliver and Nelson or Oliver and Young, and then move on to the smaller ones.
It all depends on how many volunteers show up, so please participate in this event. Also, if any
neighbors want to team up and tackle a particular alley, please feel free to do so. However, let us
know so we can have Joe clean out the debris.
If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at
901.691.2396.
This is the night where local retail shops and
restaurants stay open late and offer discounts on
everything from sushi to leggings. Here is a
sample of what is going on this month on
Thursday, November 6 from 5 – 9 p.m.
Steve Lockwood, a CY resident and favorite
local musician, will be playing at the Gazebo in
the neighborhood square. Come enjoy Steve’s
mix of folk and blues. It’s karaoke night at Lou’s
Pizza Pie, so be sure to bring the kids! Swing by
Nearly one-third of the properties being sold at auction on December 4 are
located in Cooper-Young. The southeast corner of the neighborhood will be most
Cary
Holladay and grab her new book, A Fight in
affected by the sale, being held by Roebuck Auctions.
Burke’s Book Store to enjoy a reading by author,
the Doctor’s Office. At Toad Hall Antiques, it’s a
Holiday Open House Preview Party with an
“The bidding started off with the three properties on Cooper—811/813—first. It took me about
incredible gift selection with most items priced
20 seconds to realize I was only going to be an observer. They started out bidding at about what I
under $20 and Amazing Lace is introducing their
might have paid. Within a minute the old building that was the reserve police substation had gone
2008 Santa Baby Holiday Collection. Get a free
for $112,200 (including the 10 percent tip tacked on for Roebuck). 821 Cooper went next for
dessert of the day with an entrée purchase at
$93,500; 817 went for $81,400.”
Blue Fish Restaurant and it’s Team Trivia night
Today, the Assessor lists Bernard Cowles as owner of these properties. Cowles, who owns the
again at Young Avenue Deli. The fun starts at
Cowles Company and built Cooper-Young Place, lists the properties as rentals on his website.
8:00 p.m., so get all your brainy friends together
Currently, 821 Cooper is described as a 1600 square foot, three bedroom, two bathroom unit with
to win a prize!
new appliances. It rents for $1395 a month.
The reception for the winners and participants of this year’s Young Artist Contest is going on at
If this auction follows the others, then many of these properties will remain rentals. New owners
Peabody Elementary School located a half-block west on Young Avenue. Come and browse art
will have a choice—within zoning guidelines—of what to do with their properties. As Steve
submitted by students from all over the Memphis area that will be on display in the school’s
Lockwood laments in his earlier article, the auction process does not easily accommodate
cafeteria. Reception is from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. with an award ceremony by Cadence Bank at 7:00
first-time buyers who are looking for a home and not a rental investment. What this means
p.m. This annual event is hosted by the CYBA to promote the love of art in school-age students.
for current residents of the 1000 block of Bruce is that although ownership will change,
Another post-festival event tonight is The Cooper Young Art Invitational at the Artists on Central
nothing else will.
gallery located at 2256 Central Avenue from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Work by over 25 artists that live
According to Roebuck, the total value of the real estate is estimated at more than $5 million
and/or work in the Cooper-Young neighborhood will be on display and can be purchased directly
with a total income potential of $600,000 annually. Interested bidders should check the
from the artist on this night. Niles Wallace is the curator of this event which will include a
Roebuck Auctions website at www.roebuckauctions.com or call 901-ROEBUCK to learn more
selection of works to include paintings, sculptures, photography, glass and wood pieces. Now is
about what is required
the time to add to your art collection. Everyone is invited. Be sure to stop by and enjoy music
from Jim Pettit and Friends and complimentary refreshments.
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CYCA N E W S
Supporters of the Cooper-Young Community Playground at Peabody School
gathered on October 14 for the dedication of the personalized bricks purchased
to raise funds for the playground. Appetizers were donated by Blue Fish and
Suzzanne Striker created Halloween themed treats for dessert. A drawing was
held and winners walked away with chocolate creations from Suzzanne or passes
to Playhouse on the Square. Suzzanne’s Great Pumpkin cake topped off the
celebration that was led by Debbie Sowell, CYCA President and Kongsouly Jones,
Peabody School’s principal expressed her thanks for the support from
the community.
The personalized bricks placed at the Cooper-Young Community Playground
were unveiled on October 14. Individuals, families, businesses, and organizations
displayed their support on the bricks. The playground was made possible by
a grant from KaBoom!, a national non-profit that builds playgrounds across
the country along with Home Depot, the corporate sponsor. The Cooper-Young
Community Association partnered with Peabody School to win the grant and
raised the funds required by selling these bricks and holding a Chili Cook Off
at the school.
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P L AY D AY S
M i dtow n Ma ma
Playhouse on the Square
features
entertaining holiday line up
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the kitchen
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Fall and
Spring both
seem perfect to me,
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the critically
acclaimed
musical
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for their
weather,adapted
but for their
sheer
novelty.
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that promise
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coming
home at 6:00
p.m.,
six days through
a week, and
then trying
to cram
worrisome
household
For “Trailer Park” Play
July 20,
Thursdays
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at 8 p.m.
and every
Sundays
at
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pots and pans, and a big mess afterward. My mom taught me how to stock a pantry and freezer,
walk in the door from work with no plan, and have a meat and three, plus bread on the table an
hour later. I cook like a mom, and I was a bit skeptical about what cooking “like a dad” might
mean in my house.
I am happy to say my fears were unfounded, and my husband has shown a good eye for the
tasty yet practical. It may take a little practice before he can time a whole meal to come out all at
once, (even I still miss that mark), but all-in-all, he is doing a fantastic job and looking darn sexy
doing it, if I do say so myself. Another unexpected benefit, aside from the hotness of a man with a
dishtowel hanging from his back pocket, is that the break from the nightly chore of putting dinner
on the table has reminded me I actually enjoy cooking. Before the kids came along, I was
inventive and creative in the kitchen. I’ve realized I was in a dinner rut for a while now, but
couldn’t muster the interest or energy to do anything about it. I should have known a little change
would be just the thing. As so often turns out to be true, my fears about a man in my kitchen were
really just a fear of the unknown, and unfounded.
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10 LampLighter
December 2007
I n t ern a t ion a l F l a vor
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Get a global perspective
as a tutor or student.
Revenge of the nerds – Literally
J on Devin
Cooper-Young restaurants have long been known for
bringing international flavor to Midtown, but eateries aren’t
the only places in the neighborhood to gain global perspective.
For the last three years, Memphis Literacy Council (MLC)
has invited non-native English speakers, usually immigrants
and their families to improve their English speaking, reading,
and writing skills with the help of volunteer tutors.
Debra Hall, MLC’s Director of Development and Marketing,
K imberly R ic h a r d s on
Nerds. Geeks. Dorks. These words are just words,
and yet, society has turned them into weapons, stigmas
and punishments. To be socially awkward is a sin. To
“not fit in” with the popular people is a blemish upon
one’s moral character. To enjoy learning about obscure
matters is to be an outcast. Why? Child psychologist
David Anderegg, Ph.D. explores this question and many
others in his book, Nerds: Who They Are and Why We
Need More of Them. In his book, he interviews several
children and teenagers, asking them what they think of
nerds in their schools and how they feel about them in
said that a person’s success in the United States often hinges
relation to their own life, plus adds his own life
on their ability to speak and function successfully in everyday
experiences as an adult nerd.
situations, such as going to the grocery store or the doctor’s
office.
Hall said, “Literacy means more than being able to read. It
During one of the interviews, a child named Max
remarked that there was a kid in his class who was a
nerd. When Dr. Anderegg asked him what his definition
means being able to fit in with the culture and function
of a nerd was, Max claimed a nerd was someone who
fluently in your job, your home, in a church, or in your social
“always does what he is told. A nerd does well in
life.
school because that is what teachers and parents want. A nerd is the same thing as a suck-up: a
Many of MLC’s English as a Second Language (ESL) students came to the United States for
employment, and hail from areas such as West Africa, Central and South America, Southeast Asia,
and sometime Eastern Europe. Students must be adults to attend the program and are responsible
for providing their own transportation and childcare.
Earlier this year, MLC received a $20,000 grant from the Dollar General Foundation to recruit
kid who is eager to please the authorities.” And whatever else Max knows about nerds, he knows
he doesn’t want to be one.
If you are smart, then you can never be popular. Strangely enough, the United States is
probably the only country that looks down upon the intellectual, and reveres the popular, while
other countries do quite the opposite. The intellectuals ARE the popular ones. As Dr. Anderegg
new ESL students and tutors and to purchase new materials, like the Rosetta Stone computer
states that America represents the Man of Action (just do it!) while other countries, especially the
software, which was recently added to MLC’s computer lab. Hall is now working with La Prensa
ones in Europe, represent the Man of Reflection (pauses to think and learn before acting). Why
Latina, Memphis’s Spanish language news agency, to recruit new students. In recent months, Hall
would anyone want to be with a man who enjoys astrophysics or a woman who belongs to a
said she has seen an increase among Hispanic students.
Hall said, “For me, the biggest misconception is that when you think ESL, you think about
Hispanics. Now, Hispanics actually might become the largest part of our population, but we still
serve people from all over the world.
Volunteer tutors must be at least 18 years of age and willing to devote about two hours a week
to tutoring at MLC’s center at 902 S. Cooper Street. A 12-hour training program for new tutors will
be offered on November 14 and 15 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
on Saturday. Training will not be offered during the month of December, but will be set in January
at a date to be determined. Call 901.327.6000 or go to memphisliteracycouncil.org to register.
Hall said new ESL tutors need not worry about translating from a foreign language to English
worldwide Renaissance reenactment society? Why, indeed.
However, he explains it is because of nerds that MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role
playing games) like World of Warcraft are extremely popular and have taken off within the
mainstream. The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien, in what was once thought of as uber-nerd
literature, is now hip, thanks to the movies.
Romance author, Vicki Lee Thompson, writes a series of romance books in which the nerd is
the one who gets the beautiful and popular girl. Computers are now a “staple” of life. Sci-fi
conventions like Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA are populated by 30,000+ people every year. And
more and more are popping up, not only in the U.S., but all over the world, catering to those who
are not of the norm. The nerds have taken their well deserved revenge.
Or have they? Children still use the words nerd and geek to demean others in the schoolyard,
as the program is meant to be and English-immersion program. However, she cautions that new
while adults look down on those who are not into items that make one pretty or popular. People
trainees will be trained both as tutors of Adult Basic Literacy and English as a Second Language.
who read science fiction and fantasy novels are seen as immature. The best selling role playing
“We’re actively seeking to recruit 75 new ESL students this program year and those students
will all need tutors,” said Hall. “We hope to reach out to entire populations of potential students,
not just individuals.
game, Dungeons and Dragons, is still seen as demonic and the people who play it do not have a
grip on reality. And the Harry Potter series is self-explanatory.
So, is there hope for the nerd or geek? Dr. Anderegg thinks so, but the change must begin at
home with parents who must instill correct morals in their children, for they are a direct reflection
of the world they live in today. And, being a self-labeled nerd myself, I couldn’t agree more. The
nerd you save might be your own.
November 2008
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M i d t o w n M u s ic
Otherlands hosts Clare Burson
J a me s M a nning
Otherlands will host Clare Burson on Saturday, November 29, at 7 p.m. Armed with a voice
that The Nashville Rage has described as “awakening on a sunny morning, a breeze whispering
through soft curtains . . . rumpled, a little seductive, and highly musical.” Tennessee native, Clare
Burson, independently released her full-length debut album, The In-Between, to much critical
acclaim in the spring of 2003. This collection of 10 original songs has sold thousands of copies
on-line and off the stage; it has landed on the Best of lists of record stores and radio stations in the
U.S. and the U.K. and was reviewed as one of the top DIY recordings of 2004 by Performing
Songwriter Magazine. Tracks from The In-Between were included on two widely distributed
compilation albums and have been featured on the new ABC drama, Six Degrees, and the WB’s
Dawson’s Creek. Irish singer Maura O’Connell chose to record Clare’s song, Hold On, for her 2004
Sugar Hill release, Don’t I Know.
L e t t er t o t h e e d i t or
City Council sides with business owner
on McLean/Lamar trailer
Su t t on M or a H a y e s
The final appeals hearing for the development of the dress shop in the trailer at the corner of
McLean and Lamar was held on Tuesday, October 21st in front of the full City Council. The
Council heard from the proprietor of the dress shop, Ms. Carolyn Glover, and from representatives
from the CYDC, CYCA (thanks to neighbors on Manila), and Rozelle-Annesdale Area Association.
After over an hour of discussion, the Council ultimately sided with Ms. Glover because they felt
the benefits of cultivating a new business outweighed the concerns that we had with the site and
the structure. The engineering department had decided the ingress and egress was safe, and the
architects for Ms. Glover convinced the Council that the building would last 50 years and being
sustainable. Although the Council voted against the wishes of the neighborhood, the Council did
discuss the issue thoroughly, and I do believe that they heard our arguments in the end. We
learned a lot from this process, and we will be better prepared to deal with similar issues in the
future. Moving forward, let us remember that Ms. Glover is going to be our new neighbor, and we
should all do our best to welcome her.
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8
Crime Map
To Our Readers
The LampLighter is working with the CYCA to bring you meaningful crime information. In
Do you want to know what crime is taking place in our neighborhood? The Memphis Police
addition to the crime map, which details crimes within a one-mile radius of the Cooper-Young
Department offers a tool on its web site (www.memphispolice.org) that allows you to locate crime
intersection, we also included a list of crimes that happened within our neighborhood. This list
information. Crimemapper allows you to input an address and search in quarter-mile increments
includes the case number, which you can use to contact the police. These crimes were reported
for a specific type of crime. It then returns with the results of your search for the previous 30 days.
from September 26 to October 28, 2008.
Case No.
Arrest
Offenses
Date
Address
Block
0810010769ME
n/a
Burglary/Residential
10/20/08
1000
BLYTHE
0810002335ME
n/a
Other Theft/Non-Specific
10/04/08
1000
BRUCE
0810004394ME
n/a
10/08/08
1000
BRUCE
0809017159ME
n/a
Shoplifting/Misdemeanor
09/30/08
2100
CENTRAL
0810008536ME
Y
Robbery/Business
10/16/08
2100
CENTRAL
0810013517ME
n/a
Shoplifting/Misdemeanor
10/25/08
2100
CENTRAL
0810010416ME
n/a
Theft from Motor Vehicle
10/19/08
2300
CENTRAL
0809017072ME
n/a
09/29/08
900
COOPER
0810007167ME
n/a
10/13/08
900
COOPER
0810009982ME
n/a
10/18/08
1000
COOPER
0810002767ME
n/a
Simple Assault/DV
10/05/08
1100
COOPER
0810013913ME
n/a
10/25/08
1100
COOPER
0810006481ME
n/a
10/12/08
0810012786ME
n/a
10/23/08
0810012320ME
Y
10/23/08
800
COX
0810013111ME
n/a
10/24/08
900
COX
0809016528ME
n/a
Robbery/Individual
09/28/08
E PARKWAY & WALKER
0809016505ME
n/a
Robbery/Individual
09/28/08
E PARKWAY & YOUNG
0810010571ME
n/a
Aggravated Assault/DV
10/19/08
0810007637ME
n/a
Simple Assault/DV
10/14/08
0809015658MEY
Y
09/27/08
COOPER AND YOUNG
COOPER AND YOUNG
2100
EVELYN
2000
NELSON
EVELYN AND COOPER
0809017647ME
n/a
09/30/08
900
NEW YORK
0810013094ME
n/a
10/24/08
1000
NEW YORK
0809017571ME
n/a
Burglary/Non-residential
09/30/08
1900
OLIVER
0810009111ME
n/a
10/17/08
1900
OLIVER
0810014112ME
n/a
Theft of Vehicle Parts/Accessories
10/26/08
PHILADELPHIA & NELSON
0809016590ME
n/a
MVT/Passenger Vehicle
09/28/08
PHILADELPHIA & SOUTHERN
0809016980ME
n/a
09/29/08
0809016556ME
n/a
Aggravated Assault
09/29/08
0809016594ME
n/a
Simple Assault/DV
09/29/08
0810003149ME
Y
10/06/08
1900
YOUNG
0810003416ME
n/a
10/06/08
2100
YOUNG
0810010791ME
n/a
10/20/08
2100
0809016015ME
n/a
09/27/08
PHILADELPHIA & SOUTHERN
1000
REMBERT
C ooper -Young S a fe t y
SOUTHERN AND REMBERT
Property Crimes increase during holidays
YOUNG
YOUNG AND PHILADELPHIA
E d mun d M a cke y
A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting with business, civic and community leaders and the topic
S t . J u d e M a r a t h on
of the day was Operation: Safe Community. There was one statistic that bothered me. Memphis is
Mile 18 challenges
marathon runners
the number one city in the nation for property crimes. For many of you, this will not be huge
L a ur a G r a y Teekel
crimes that garner media attention, but it gets old.
The St. Jude Marathon will be running
news, but for me it validated all the anecdotal information we hear daily. How many of us have a
friend or neighbor whose car has been broken into or stolen? How many lawn mowers, bicycles
and weed eaters stolen? These crimes, for most of us, are just annoying. These aren’t violent
In Memphis, the holiday season is the peak for property crime activity. The tragedy is most of
through Cooper-Young, December 6. It is going
these property crimes can be prevented. The vagrants committing these crimes have been seen
to be an exciting day for St. Jude and a GREAT
time and again, by you and your neighbors. Many of us know their names because we have
time to show off all aspects of the neighbor-
given them money, food or work around the house. When you see them, they may not be
hood. Residents and businesses are encour-
actually committing a crime, but you know they are suspicious. Too many of us feel guilty calling
aged to come out and support the runners by
the police on someone who just looks suspicious. Get over it! The whole point of calling the police
lining the race route with signs, music or anything to cheer the runners on as they pass through
is to alert them BEFORE bad things happen. Call 545-COPS, and at the very least, police and
mile eighteen. This year, more than 14,000 runners will participate in the St. Jude Memphis Mara-
criminals will get the picture that you are taking ownership of your safety and you will feel better
thon Weekend, raising over one million dollars for St. Jude. Thousands line the raceways in
having done so.
Chicago and Boston, so let’s do what we can to line our route here! It may be chilly, but it’s always so much fun! The Marathon path will have the participants running from Peabody, south on Cooper to
Young, east on Young to East Parkway, and north on East Parkway back to North Parkway.
Officials are estimating the largest crowd of runners will be running through the neighborhood
from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Although there are no official street closings, police will be controlling traffic throughout the morning, so expect delays. See www.stjudemarathon.org for more
details.
Thanks in advance for all your support! We’ll see you on Saturday, December 6.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAN THE AID STATION IN
COOPER-YOUNG ACROSS FROM THE DRUM SHOP ON DEC. 6.
EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 272-2922 TO SIGN UP.
November 2008
LampLighter 9
HELP to FEED a neighbor in NEED…
during the Holiday Season!
Cooper-Young Food Drive
Saturday, November 15, 2008
*Donations will be given to Peabody Elementary School
and local FOOD BANKS!
Please place all
donations on the curb
by 8:45 a.m.
Donation Pick-Up 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
*Donations needed include: canned and dry soup mixes, hamburger helper or
other boxed dinners, canned meats and stews, including tuna, spaghetti and
other pastas, spaghetti and other pasta sauces, package dry good (rice, stuffing,
boxed mixes), breakfast foods (cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix, syrup) and juice.
Please no perishable items, glass jars or bottles.
10 LampLighter November 2008
Ar t i s t N ex t Door
W K N O Auc t ion
Glass inspires
Tatia Johnson
Donor artists choose to
work in Cooper-Young
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B a r d C ole
Cooper-Young is a vibrant community where
Every year, artists from all over the Mid-South donate
artistic inspiration runs through the streets. Talking
artwork and crafts to WKNO’s Art and Antiques Auction,
to my neighbors, it seems as though everyone in
airing this year on November 8-9, and 15-16. The artists of
Cooper-Young is an artist, works in the arts, or at
Cooper-Young are always well-represented. Galleries like
minimum, is an avid supporter of the arts in
Artists on Central and Carved Designs, and individual artists
Memphis. It is with this passion for the arts that I
such as Karen Bottle Capps, Teresa Franks, Gail Grice, Suzy
introduce a new column – The Artist Next Door –
Hendrix, and Howard Paine, are all donors to this year’s
which will spotlight an artist from the community.
auction.
I had the distinct pleasure of spending an
In addition to artists who make their home in Cooper-
afternoon with Tatia Johnson, a resident CY artist.
Young, there is an increasing presence of professional
Using glass as her primary medium, Tatia makes
artists who choose Cooper-Young as an artist-friendly
beautiful jewelry and also other items such as
neighborhood to find studio space. Barbara Lieberman, a
wine bottle stoppers and letter openers. She
painter and East Memphis resident, is a member of an informal group of painters that call
allowed me to watch as she worked her magic,
themselves “The Memphis Ten” and have an annual show at the Memphis Botanic Garden. She,
making glass beads, while we chatted about her
and other members of the group, rent a house on Young Avenue as a communal working space.
inspiration, craft, and life as an artist.
Tatia is quite successful as a full-time jewelry
maker. Her work is sold in several local shops,
including the Center for Southern Folklore gift
“An artist needs a place where you can interact with your peers,” says Lieberman. “We’re all
very serious about our art. We hold discussions and critiques, and bring in guest speakers to talk
about techniques.”
She confesses her home in East Memphis gets a better quality of northerly light, but she often
shop and the National Ornamental Metal Museum
prefers working in the Young Avenue house. “Having your own space to work is incredibly
shop. Tatia also sells her work at approximately
important. Sometimes you need to close the door on the dirty dishes and the phone and be an
ten shows a year throughout the region. In the
artist. It’s nice to know that when you arrange a still life or set down your tools they will be
studio, she spends most of her time doing
exactly as you left them.”
lampwork, melting and shaping glass rods using
a propane flame, but she also dabbles in fusing
which uses a kiln to initially melt the glass.
Always with a keen interest in art, Tatia
devoted much of her time early on theater. It
wasn’t until the mid 1990s that she began
working with glass to make jewelry. At an art
fair, she struck up a conversation with an artist
who encouraged her to buy a $20 kit for bead
making. This kit taught how to create beads
using enamel on copper tubing. Though Tatia
admits that the beads she created with this kit
were fairly simple, she fell in love with it.
Just about that same time a bead store
Trained as a nurse, Lieberman began painting over thirty years ago when she decided to stay
home to raise her children. Lieberman is also a long-time WKNO Art Auction donor. This year, her
work is among over five hundred pieces being auctioned during the second and third weekends
opened in Memphis. Wanting to immerse herself in the jewelry world, she began working there a
of November. Her painting “Still Life with Red” is one of the pieces in “The Collection,” a special
few hours a week. It was here she picked up a bead magazine which showed the art of lampwork,
juried selection of work to be auctioned live on WKNO Sunday, November 16, from 1 p.m.-10 p.m.
immediately piquing her interest. Since acquiring the supplies necessary for lampwork – propane
Painter N.J. Woods has a studio in The Art Factory on South Cox. For Woods, it’s both a
tank, torch, kiln, glass rods, etc. – she has taken several classes, both workshops and online,
workspace and a place for visitors to view her work. For many years, Woods was a hobbyist
though she is mostly self-taught.
painter. Employed as a Home Heath Care Nurse, she painted at home for relaxation and enjoy-
She made several beads while I eagerly watched and asked questions, like a child. I was
ment, much as she remembered watching her father paint when she was a little girl. In 1994,
amazed at the precision and time given to each bead. Each bead starts out as a colored glass rod,
pressured by an enthusiastic young daughter, she donated one of her canvases to the WKNO Art
or parts of many different rods for a multi-colored bead, which is slowly melted in the torch at
Auction. Her painting started a bidding war and sold for more than its estimate.
around 2000 degrees. As the rod melts, it begins to ball up into a lump of malleable and very hot
Woods began selling her paintings at the Germantown Arts Festival several years later, and
glass. This is when each bead begins to take its own shape. Using graphite tools, Tatia sculpts
today makes her living from her art. Filled with people and an obvious love of storytelling detail,
each bead into the desired shape: spherical and oblong were the two she made while I watched.
her rural landscapes pulse with life and a musical rhythm, reflecting her memories of days spent
Next, any special patterns or embellishments are added to the bead. On one bead, Tatia added
a thin wire of fine silver around the bead. As the silver melted, it beaded into little dots of silver
around the bead. On another bead, Tatia wrapped a thin strip of copper mesh around the bead
with country relatives in Mississippi. In addition to her canvases, she has begun to add hand-decorated frames, jewelry and decorative objects to her repertoire.
Her studio has everything she needs to work, she says–quiet, good light, and a big picture
and then sealed it with a layer of clear glass. After each bead is finished, it must go into a small
window so she can watch birds fly by while she paints. Her painting, “Never Put All Your Apples in
kiln for several hours to harden.
One Basket” is another piece in “The Collection” at this year’s WKNO Art Auction.
Tatia finds inspiration for her jewelry from both colors and patterns she sees, as well as
organically as she works. Sometimes she approaches a project with a specific finished product and
The majority of artists in the upcoming Cooper-Young Artist Invitational, open to artists who live
or work in the neighborhood, are full-time residents of the neighborhood, according to Tamara
will create the beads to fit. Other times she simply starts making beads, and from there, it
Walker, director of the Cooper-Young Business Association, which sponsors the annual event, held
develops into a necklace or bracelet.
this year on November 6 at the Artists on Central Gallery. But having working artists’ studios in the
If you would like to contact Tatia Johnson for more information or to see some of her work, email
neighborhood helps underline Cooper-Young’s reputation as a cultural destination within Mem-
her at [email protected], or check out her website at solsticestudios.com. If you have sugges-
phis. “I don’t know why artists are so drawn here,” says Jane Croy of Artists on Central. “Must be
tions for an artist or group to spotlight in the future, contact the LampLighter.
something in the water!”
November 2008
LampLighter 11
G reen b y P rox y
Letting go
M eli s s a An d er s on S w e a z y
There is a lock of hair inside a Ziploc bag,
sitting on top of my dresser. It is not my hair.
It’s not my daughter’s hair. It is my husband’s
from when he was a child, a gift from his
mother for inclusion in the “baby box” she gave
me as a wedding present. She felt that in loving
her son as much as she did, I would want to be
in possession of his “firsts” as a child, and as a
result, I am now the proud owner of a thirtyseven-year-old umbilical cord.
The thing is, she’s right. I mean, I actually
don’t want his umbilical cord. But now that I have it, it is sacred. Gross, but sacred. His first toenail
clippings have been entrusted to me. His maternity ward tags. The hair in the baggie is still on my
dresser, though, because I just can’t bring myself to open that box again.
I will hold onto these things because I have a problem. I am a packrat. And not in the sense
that I secretly hoard sugar packets or can’t bear to throw away my National Geographic collection.
It physically causes me pain to part with something. I have the monogrammed gift cards my
mother had made for me when I was in the third grade. The origami-folded notes written to me
from my best friend, April, in the seventh grade. The plaster cast mold of my upper and lower
teeth. X-rays of my jaw. Ex-boyfriend’s socks.
On an intellectual level, I understand I don’t need these things. Then, there is the crazy level
that pictures the edgy, ground-breaking art opening that will focus on those seventh grade notes
where I will be lauded as a visionary. Can you believe she held on to them all this time? How
visionary!
Those mixed tapes I made off the radio in 1990 could totally contain some underground gems
(Boyz II Men, you feelin me?). This affliction comes with the unfortunate side effect of anthropomorphizing the things I know I am supposed to purge. So, as I stand poised over the trash bag I
plan to haul to Goodwill, I picture the little jewelry box my mother brought back for me from
London in 1992 – slowly gathering dust on a shelf, passed over every day, then touched by one
hopeful hand, a girl who holds it up to her father, eyes shining, and distracted. He says, No honey.
Vacuum cleaner. Remember our mission?
And the jewelry box nearly dies from despair, and I break down and put it back on my dresser
with the 29 other jewelry boxes rescued from a similar fate. I am, however, pleased to report that
after weeks of sitting neglected on the diaper wipes container, my daughter’s umbilical cord found
its way into the trash. I could argue this was a huge step for me, but picturing a trip to the ER with
my toddler and the world’s most disgusting choking hazard was a no-brainer. The fear I have of losing something valuable has been slowly eroded by my fear of becoming
one of those people that wind up on the news after their corpse is found wedged inside a tent city
made out of newspapers, or, in my case, back issues of Bon Appetit, so I am really working on
embracing change and getting rid of the old. That, and because we are moving, and my husband
will likely leave me if I don’t get rid of my crap.
We are selling our house because we have an opportunity to build a home that embraces the
tenets of green design. Our plan is to construct the home out of recycled items – say, beams from
an old barn, bricks from a torn down house. Also, in accordance with building green, the house
will be smaller than our current space, hence the myriad of reasons the Ziploc bag full of hair
needs to find a home, pronto.
The new home will not have an attic that offers up storage for my collection of Dwell Magazines
– and the Dominos and Gourmets and Oxford Americans. The first piece of furniture I bought in
California – my overstuffed green micro suede chair – is just too green and overstuffed and
needs to find a new home. We plan to have a yard sale, ideally filled with items my husband can
pry out of my hands. I will have to remind myself this really is recycling at its purest. The stuff we sell at our yard sale
will free up space for someone else’s recycled tiles to become our bathroom floor. I could trade
my antique riddling rack for a little wooden chair that clearly was some baby’s first chair, a chair
some parent somehow put in their car and willingly drove to a Goodwill and then left behind to
be passed over and ignored and – Bon Appetit tent city. Bon Appetit tent city. The yard sale will be next weekend. You should come and buy some stuff. But not the origami
notes. Or my husband’s hair. Like my neuroses and quirks, some things are just too precious, and
too gross, to be left behind. 12 LampLighter November 2008
C YC A
Membership
Benefits
Blue Fish: 10 percent off any one
entrée on a weeknight Young Ave Deli: Enjoy one
complimentary lunch or dinner
entrée when a second of equal
or greater value is purchased
(up to $7)
Soul Fish Café: Enjoy one
complimentary lunch or dinner
entrée when a second of equal
or greater value is purchased
(up to $7) Lou’s Pizza Pie: 10 percent off
every time you show your
membership card
Java Cabana: Buy one get one
free Coffee of the day InBalance Fitness: 20 percent
discount on group classes.
Outback Steak House: One free
appetizer with the purchase of an
entrée up to $7.29.
We want to know
Who do you love?
Discounts at local Cooper-Young
businesses are part of the annual
paid membership in the CooperYoung Community Association. The
Membership Committee is considering
expanding the benefits in the upcoming
year. We want to know what current benefits you like and use and
what businesses you would like added to the discount card.
We need to know – Who do you love to do business with inside
(and outside) of Cooper-Young?
Drop us a note, an email, or come to a meeting and tell us. The
following information would be helpful:
• Name of business
• Type of business (i.e. restaurant, clothing store, etc.)
• Who to contact and their job/position (i.e. owner, manager, etc.)
• Comments on why you love/like doing business with them
Send you thoughts to: CYCA
Businesses I Love
2298 Young Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
Or email [email protected]
Please NO calls or faxes to the CYCA office.
November 2008
LampLighter 13
Galloway was the
quintessential church
home for so many for
alm o s t 10 0 ye ar s . I t
may cease to exist in
t h e C o o p e r -Yo u n g
neighborhood, but it
will live in my
h e a r t f o r eve r.
Galloway Sanctuary during the 1996 Homecoming
Galloway Choir in the late 1950s with Dr. Ernest Sigman, second from the left
on top row
Continued from Page 1
Dr. Ernest Sigman, Jr.
Galloway from beginning to end has always been a community church. It had tried to serve the
community in many ways–adults, young adults, youth, elementary, kindergarten, nursery.
I started when I was two years old. My mother, Mary Sigman, was a teacher, she served over
30 years in the kindergarten department. Galloway in the 1930s and 1940s had a great youth
department. Two teachers that led us in our church and sub-district activities were Miss Florence
Palmer and Miss Celia Sherman, along with our pastor, Reverend Bill Tidwell.
One Sunday night in the mid 1940s, at the evening services, Reverend Tidwell asked that any
one who would like to dedicate his life to the service of the church to please come and kneel and
twenty youth came forward. We were called “The Youth Volunteers”–and we have carried this
dedication in all activities in our lives.
Galloway was a wonderful church to learn about Christian life. It stayed in the community
when the community changed to a metropolitan area and other churches moved to so-called
greener pastures. It stayed in its location to serve those who wished to be churched. Thus, it
seemed more important than church activities.
memories were not all good, however. Once, every girl in the troop made a very
The church closed in early 2008 and was sold
October 3, 2008. The building is still at the corner
unflattering green checked skirt with leaves stamped in ink around the hem and
of South Cooper and Walker. The name Galloway
then we wore our badge-winning creations to church the next Sunday. What a
is no more and as the song goes, “The song is
lesson in humility it was.
Galloway was the center of holiday activity for my family. I can still smell the
ended but the melody lingers on.” Thank you
Galloway for what you have meant to every life
dozens of Easter lilies attached to the large wooden cross over the choir loft
that entered your door–you taught us well.
every Easter Sunday. Christmas and Thanksgiving were not complete without a
church-wide dinner cooked by Chief Harold McDonald, children’s choir concerts,
Dr. Ernest Sigman, Jr. attended Galloway United
caroling in the neighborhood, and collecting food for baskets to be distributed to
Methodist Church for 82 years.
needy families. Galloway nurtured their own but reached out to others
throughout Memphis.
Kathleen Montgomery
Galloway was the quintessential church home for so many for almost 100
years. It may cease to exist in the Cooper-Young neighborhood, but it will live in
The year 1909 was the beginning of an era
my heart forever.
that influenced more people than can be
accounted for, when loyal Methodists started
Galloway United Methodist Church. In the “Great
Clair Kermick
Depression,” there were members who mortgaged
This is my Family History as Founders of Galloway Methodist Church. W. Pike
their homes to keep this great church going on
the corner of Cooper and Walker. I can feel the
Four Galloway officers pictured behind the
church in 1958.
spirits of these great saints when I enter the
Eppes lived at 916 Blythe St with his parents. He built a house at 913 Blythe
across the street, and shortly after the house was completed, he married Lillian
Bloodworth. They moved in the small shotgun house at 913 Blythe Street, and
formerly beautiful Sanctuary.
they all attended with a group of Christian people on Sunday in the Cooper-Young area. From this
As a tribute to the many saints and the present day saints with whom I am well acquainted, I
want to dedicate this space to them and thank them for the influence they had on my life and
many others.
group, came Galloway Methodist Church founded May of 1909. Several other churches came out
of this group–Temple Baptist Church and a Presbyterian Church located at Young and Barksdale.
Pike and Lillian welcomed their daughter Nellie Gray Eppes on October 15, 1908, she was born
The Older Youth Department of Galloway had a direct impact on my life as an 18 year old,
at 913 Blythe Street. When Galloway Church was started, Pike and Lillian were Charter members,
when I arrived in Memphis in 1953. The counselors were Dot and Jack Henderson, who spared
and Nellie was the first baby christened in the new church. Mr. Eppes soon started building another
nothing to work with and inspire young people. We had many wonderful retreats in Shelby Forest.
shotgun house at 915 Blythe and a larger house at 917 Blythe. The larger house was completed
The Senior Department was led by Gerry and Ish Brooks and they were equally dedicated to
when Nellie was six-years-old and they moved to this house at 917 Blythe. A son William P. Eppes,
spiritually nourishing the teenagers.
Jr., was born July 25 and he was also christened at Galloway Church.
There was also a very inspiring lady by the name of Celia Sherman, who led the Intermediate
Department. She was awesome in her ability to provide great entertainment for the youth, as well
The Eppes Family was very active in all phases of the Church. Nellie and William attended
Peabody School and graduated from Tech High School and Nellie attended State Teacher College.
as touch them spiritually. I eventually ended up helping Miss Celia in the Intermediate Department.
She met a young man who moved into the Cooper-Young community, William Harold McDonald.
By the time I started helping her, she was not a “spring chicken” but her enthusiasm was indeed
He was working for Gus McCool Grocery Store as a stock clerk and they fell in love and were
that of a “spring chicken.” We took the Intermediate Department on a retreat to Shelby Forest and I
married at Galloway Church on May 22, 1930. Lillian’s brother, Joe Bloodworth, was a City of
shall never forget seeing Miss Celia swinging on a grape vine across a
Memphis Firefighter and he helped Harold get a
wide gorge. Mercy, some of the kids wouldn’t do that and neither would I,
job as a City Firefighter. William married Clara
but what a thrill they got from seeing such spunk.
Dee Smith at Trinity Methodist Church, and he
Dot, Jack, Gerry, Ish and Miss Celia were all such an inspiration and
and his new Bride bought a house on South
their influence is still being felt by those they helped lead to Christ. A
Holmes Street in the Buntyn Station area and
tribute must be paid to all of those dedicated ladies who worked with the
Clara Dee joined Galloway Church.
“little ones” and I am sure their influence is still spreading. Galloway
Nellie and Harold McDonald had two
always had great music with a wonderful choir and organist. There were
children, Claire and Beth and they were
two great organists while I was there, and they were Mrs. Patsy Hines and
christened at Galloway and became active
Mrs. Gerry Stewart. Two great choir directors were Elizabeth Evans and
members of Galloway. Claire and Beth attended
Delores Kinsolving.
Peabody School, Fairview Junior High and
Galloway was fortunate to have many great ministers who were not
graduated from Messick High School. William
only inspirational leaders in the Church but in the Cooper-Young neighbor-
and Clara Dee had two children Bette and
hood. Some of the ministers I can recall are Brother Lassister, Brother
William Pike, III, and they were christened at
Gilbert, Rev. C. D. Goodwin, Jerry Wilson, Larry Tubb, and Lynn McLargin. I
Galloway and became active members of
am sure I have left out some names but God knows their names.
Galloway. And the Eppes, Junior family in the
It would have been a great tribute to the “Galloway Saints” if we could
1960’s joined St. Luke’s Methodist Church.
have celebrated the hundredth birthday in 2009, but time ran out with the
Claire met Robert D. Kermick, a sailor, at
merging of Galloway with St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in June of
Millington in 1956 and they married at
2008. Thank you God for what you have done with so many lives through
Galloway Church, August 22, 1958. Claire and
the ministry of this great church that is still influencing people and still
Bob had two children, Winnie and R. Donald, Jr.
continuing in the walls of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. God Bless.
They were christened at Galloway and became
active members of Galloway. Beth married
Phyllis Goodwin Cox
Harold Truebger in 1968 and Hal joined
Galloway Church after their marriage. Beth and
As a child of the 1950’s, Galloway was a large part of my life, and I am
saddened to know it will no longer exist for the current and future families
Hal had two children, John and Michael, and
of the Cooper-Young neighborhood.
they were christened at Galloway Church and
Galloway gave me my first taste of being a Girl Scout. How excited I
was to wear my brown, and later my green uniform, to Peabody once a
became active members. Michael met Holly
Rev. C.D. Goodwin beside the Easer
Lily covered cross.
Gore and they were married at Galloway
Church.
week and then hurry to Galloway after school for a troop meeting. The
November 2008
LampLighter 15
5th Annual
3ILEN!UCTION
This event is one of the few local races that also features a silent
auction in addition to refreshments and door prizes.
!WARDS
Male and female awards given in each of the following three categories:
Overall, Master 40 and Over, Grand Master 50 and Over; top 3 male and
female in each of the following age groups: 9 and under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24,
25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49,50-54, 55-59,60-64, 65-69, 70+
For more information contact:
Bonnie Haub (Cooper-Young resident)
2008 Race Director
901-210-6454/mobile
[email protected]
Proceeds to benefit
House of Mews
5k Run/Walk & Silent Auction
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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AMDAYOFRACEREGISTRATION
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Sanctioned and managed by the Memphis Runners Track Club
Pre-Registration (October 1-November 9) $17 individual
Registration (November 10-15): $20 per individual
MRTClub members receive $1 discount through Nov. 9
• Online registration is available at www.racesonline.com
• Registration form can be downloaded from
www.houseofmews.com
• Send form along with check or credit card information to:
House of Mews, 933 S. Cooper, Memphis, TN 38104.
• Or register and pay in person or over the phone (901-272-3777)
during retail hours
For those who can’t run/walk in the race, you can
“sponsor a cat for the day” for a tax-deductible contribution of $15
T-shirts and runners bags can be picked up Friday, November 14 at the
House of Mews from 1-8 pm, as well as on race day at Overton Park
Elain Harvey is the founder and managing director of The
House of Mews, a 13-year-old 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
staffed by volunteers. A no-kill feline sanctuary, adoption
agency and cat lovers’ gift shop, the organization has cared for
and adopted over 8,000 homeless cats. It exists solely on support
through donations and volunteer efforts. In addition, retail pet
supplies, gift and art items are sold to help defray expenses.
Profits go directly into the care of the cats in their possession,
which currently is over 100.
Sc h ool D a y s
Teaching is Tough!
D . J a ck s on M a x w ell
Every job or profession has its challenges. However, education seems to have more than most. I
have been in education for 25 years, with the last l6 teaching for Memphis City Schools. Over this
quarter century, I have experienced or witnessed almost everything–the good, the bad, and the
ugly. My purpose in writing this article is to inform those, not in the field, of some of the challenges teachers face daily. My hope is we can all work together to make everyone’s life a bit
easier.
Violence in schools is an ongoing problem. In few professions or workplaces is violence so
prevalent. For example, a few years ago my wife (a teacher in Shelby County) was struck in the
face by two students who began fighting. They shattered the bone under her eye requiring
hospitalization and extensive reconstructive surgery. Needless to say, she has never felt completely safe at her job again.
Gang-related activities, threats, fights, and intimidation of any type have no place in schools
and must be eradicated. Too often, we read of weapons in schools. Within the last year, two
school shootings, one by Deangelo Key (a former student of mine) at Hamilton High and another
perpetrated by Corneilous Cheers at Mitchell High where attributed to gang rivalries. Under
Memphis City Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash, more stringent security measures are being
implemented such as I.D. cards for students, metal scans in all high schools, random searches,
and increasing police/security forces at schools.
Truancy is another problem. Parents who do not make sure their child is safely in school every
day, need to be held liable. Additionally, ample law enforcement resources must be dedicated to
this effort. A related phenomenon I have found at every school where I have taught or visited is
the early arrival syndrome. Children walk or are dropped off on the street in front of schools up to
an hour before the doors open. They are unsupervised often leading to truancy, conflicts, fights,
and injuries. Thus, when schools open, these children are frightened, angry, and feeling abandoned. This is a tough way for any child to start the day. There is no sense in this. Most schools
operate before care programs, plus there are countless daycares that provide transportation to
schools at opening time. Federal and local subsidies are available to help parents in need pay for
this care. I am left to think parents do this merely out of convenience to either get the children out
of the house or to make an early business appointment. I call this parental neglect.
Other unexpected behavioral issues routinely impact learning. Each year, elementary schools
have students who throw tantrums, crawl on the floor and under desks, run out of classrooms
without permission or even try to sneak out of the school. While many of these behaviors have
deep-seated reasons that require intervention by trained guidance counselors or psychologists,
some cases are merely the result of parents not adequately preparing their children for school.
This leads to dangerous situations and lost instructional time for all children. By kindergarten,
children should be potty-trained, know basic hygiene such as the use of toilet paper, and the
importance of hand washing. Unfortunately, every year teachers are left with having to teach a
few children these sanitary skills. Common sense dictates there is no reason for this.
Knowing how to show respect to others and take responsibility for one’s actions are a bit more
nuanced behaviors. However, parents must instill at least the rudimentary foundations of these
abilities in their children before they reach school age. We live in a society, thus we are forced to
interact with others. Schools are one part of society—a community of learners. For everyone to get
along and be able to work and learn together, a sense of respect and responsibility must be
present. Children must respect their teachers and peers. When they fail to do so, children need to
own up to their inappropriate actions and correct them. Too often with their parents, tacit approval
students do not do this. This is wrong. Parents have to promote respect and responsibility at home
for it to occur in schools.
While the vast majority of all students are prepared, on task, and at school to learn, there is a
small minority who are not. Though small in number, these students create chaos and take-up an
inordinate amount of instructional and administrative time. Although alternative schools exist to
handle the extreme cases, this is not the best solution. Parents’ working in concert with teachers is
what works. Parents who refuse to take on the demands of responsible childrearing must be held
accountable for their children’s actions. Only by working together can we as a society address
these behavioral problems early on before they reach a point of no return.
Dr. D. Jackson Maxwell is a National Board Certified Teacher with 25 years educational experience.
If you have any questions or comments, please email Dr. Maxwell at: [email protected].
November 2008
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He was short, dark and handsome. I was newly bereaved. Back in 2004, my beloved cat of
many years, Harlis, literally passed away in my arms. He was my sidekick from the time I moved
into my first apartment by myself, to when I found my first post-college job, and then moved with
me again into my first house. Numerous illnesses combined with old age had taken its toll, and
my veterinarian and I sadly agreed it was his time.
Days later—probably not enough time to mourn, but so be it—I took my broken-hearted self to
the cat house of the Memphis Shelby County Humane Society. There were kitties in cages, in play
rooms, meandering and meowing about. Of course, I wanted all of them.
Since Harlis had been a boy, I thought maybe I’d pick a girl cat this time. One gray and white
petite lady caught my eye. I reached into her cage to pet her, but she spat and hissed. I knew she
was likely on edge, and who could blame the poor thing? But pets and their parents need to have
that special connection, and I could tell right off that this was not the cat for me, and I wouldn’t be
the best mom for her. I kept walking.
Two cages down from Lil’ Miss Hiss-and-Spit, I saw a long, furry black arm sticking out of a cage
door. As if to say, “Yo, hey. You. Yes, you. Over here.”
Walking up to the cage, I was presented with the chunkiest, blackest, most adorably surly
looking feline I’d ever seen. The name on the cage was “Leo.” I reached into the cage and petted
him. He didn’t seem to mind one way or another. OK then. I opened the cage door and scooped
him up, bracing myself for a new collection of arm scrapes.
But what light through yonder cage broke? Not a hiss, swipe, squirm or protest. Instead, this fat,
fur-bundle curled his head on my shoulder, rubbed his right ear on me and purred not all that
dissimilar to a Mercedes. Oh, my my.
He melted into my shoulder, a permanent pillow. I was smitten. As I walked with him around
the cat house, so many other precious kitties looked up at me, even a one-eyed pretty baby
named Jerrie Lee (I called about adopting her a week afterward but she was adopted the day
before). I had to go to work, so I told the staff I would come back later that day to take Leo home,
and for the love of all things holy, not to let him go to anyone else in the meantime.
When I returned from work a few hours later, ready to grab the cat and scurry home, I learned
a bit more about his troubled past from his intake sheet. A Good Samaritan had picked him up
and brought him to the Humane Society after seeing him roaming about the Parkway Village area
with open wounds on his neck—wounds I can still detect if I dig a bit under his fur. From what I
can tell, they were likely inflicted by another animal. He was good with dogs, had paw pads that
were worn and peeling. Feline Leukemia and FIV negative. Brought in summer 2002.
Hold up. 2002? As in two years from today? Yes, indeed. This adorable creature had been
bypassed for two years. My heart was already softened, and now it was pulverized pulp. I was
informed that Leo had two strikes against him: he was an adult cat and he was all black. The
latter had been the worse factor, as I noticed the numerous other black cats in cages, waiting for
their forever homes, too. Black cats are either regarded as less cute or attractive than their lighter
friends, or still have the superstitious stigma of bad luck.
Whatever the reason, it nearly brought me to tears to think of this loving animal seeing people
walk up to his cage, peer inside, and walk away— rejected over and over again. It would not
happen to him one more day. He was going to a forever home.
To mark his new life, Leo was renamed “Milton” (my father’s middle name, following a tradition
of not naming children, but pets, after family
members) and is still a main member of my
family. He’s seen me through another big life
transition—getting married, which I did in March
of this year. Suffice to say, Milton’s approval of
my husband was a great factor in his favor. My
days are spent with my two favorite guys: my
husband and my cat. I know without Milton my
family would be incomplete.
I am taking over my friend Deborah Camp’s
position as writer of the LampLighter pet column,
and I hope to share many tales of Milton and other
animals for many years to come. Feel free to email
me at [email protected] with any
comments.
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Focus on the good part of holiday
keeps cheer in season
KR I STY DALLAS ALLEY
This time of year inevitably makes me feel a little old. As the holiday season rushes in with
seemingly impossible speed, I can’t help but remember the agony of waiting for Christmas as a
child. I would listen with bewilderment to the adults as they marveled that it could be Christmas
again already, or complained about how the stores seemed to usher in the season earlier each
year. In my mind, it had been about ten years since the last December, and what could be bad
about spreading the holiday cheer a little early?
Now, as a parent, it’s sometimes difficult to suppress a moan as I face another round of holiday
shopping hell. I loathe shopping in even the best of circumstances, but buying a bunch of toys
that I don’t have room for, for the four kids I’ve had to escape from in order to buy them, just
about tops the list of “Things I Never Want to Do Again.” If I had any sense, I’d shop on-line, but
that involves planning and some idea of what I want to get, neither of which I’m good at. I’m a
last-minute shopper and I usually decide what to buy when I see it. I try to get the kids to tell me
one main thing they want, but everything else involves me seeing something and thinking “Oh,
Somerset would love that.”
And then, look at what I just said. My kids are not even really asking for anything. I have to
draw it out of them, and show them “wish books” to find out what they might want. I’m the one
who thinks they need a lot of presents. I still remember waking up on Christmas morning to see a
big pile of gifts under the tree. It was exciting and surprising and, well, like Christmas. My
memories of the wonder and joy of the holidays are all tied up with the idea of getting shiny new
stuff. And even though now, as an adult, I don’t care about receiving gifts at all, and I still really
do enjoy the togetherness with friends and family that the holidays inevitably bring, it’s
hard for me to balance my mature understanding with my desire to give my kids the
kind of Christmas I had as a child.
And of course, the die is already cast. My oldest child, Calvin, will turn ten years old
just a few days after Christmas. He is a last holdout in believing in Santa, and I know
that can’t last for another year. I get all teary-eyed just realizing that my baby will soon
pass that milestone on the way from innocence to experience. How can Santa let him
down on his last Christmas of belief? But then I think, how can I make sure that the
holidays continue to be special for him even after the illusion has been realized? I
know that Calvin already enjoys all the extra time to be with each other and see
our extended family during the holidays. He loves to help me bake cookies
and wrap presents for everyone else. And of course, he’ll still get presents
even once he knows they really came from his parents.
I guess the best thing I can do is try to set a good example. Instead of
grumbling about the shopping and the hassle and the mess, I need to let
him see me doing the parts that I enjoy. I really do love putting up
the tree and decorations, and making special foods, and wrapping
presents to stack under the tree. I love the days spent cozied up
with the kids during our shared Christmas break from school. This
year we’ll be spending the week after Christmas in Florida with
my husband’s parents and siblings, and we’re all excited about
the prospect of seeing Aunt Katherine’s new baby and catching
up with loved ones we haven’t seen all year. It’s so nice just to
get away from the daily routine and take a breath, all of us,
together.
I know that the holidays are different for everyone,
and that we each have our challenges to face and small
pleasures to savor. Whatever holidays you celebrate,
and however you and the ones you love spend your
days as the year comes to a close, I hope that you’ll
find a way to focus on the good parts as I will be
trying to do. Sure, the holidays will be around again in
the blink of an eye, and sure, they seem to start a little
earlier each year. But this year, these holidays, will
never come again. Next year we’ll all be a little older,
the babies less babyish, the children less child-like.
Don’t be bullied or harassed into wishing away this
time. It goes so fast. Happy holidays to you and yours!
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December 2007
PINCH ME
Local literary
journal celebrates
latest issue
through
cure for
C O U R T N E Y M I L L E R SA N T O
The Pinch, the nationally acclaimed literary
tions
journal of The University of Memphis, is
act
celebrating the release of its Fall 2008 issue
with a party on November 14. The public is
me artist
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invited to join authors, artists, and photogra-
erment
phers for an evening of readings and refresh-
er life
ments catered by McEwen’s on Monroe. The
t of
party will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Memphis
and
Heritage, Howard Hall, at 2282 Madison
ied into
Avenue in Memphis.
alm
Contributors Nason Smith and Allison
Joseph will read excerpts from their published
pieces. Artwork by Laura Richens and Lorien
or all
Jordan will be on display. Memphis Heritage will feature an exhibit on the Pinch District, the
journal’s namesake and a downtown area rich with culture and history.
Those attending will also have an opportunity to purchase the newest issue of The Pinch and
back issues. The magazine, which will celebrate its thirtieth birthday in 2010, continues to receive
acclaim in the literary community. Most recently, Ander Monson’s creative nonfiction piece,
“Solipsism” was selected for The Best American Essays 2008.
The Pinch, formerly River City, publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. Sponsored by The University of Memphis and The Hohenberg Foundation, The Pinch is
published biannually and sponsors a national contest in fiction and poetry each year, judged by
well-known authors.
For more information on the release party, subscriptions, readings, submissions and contests
contact Candice Baxter at The Pinch office at 678-4591 or visit www.thepinchjournal.com.
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in a very disposable world where most gifts, especially those for children, have an incredibly short
When it comes to sushi, sushi lovers
interest life. Kids quickly move on to the next eye-catching diversion or perceived big thing. In
tend to fall in one of two categories:
short, toys come and go. However, unlike other gifts books have proven their long lasting interest.
those that envision American classics such
Series such as the “Lord of the Rings,” “Berenstain Bears,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” “Arthur,”
as spicy tuna rolls and dragon rolls or
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those that prefer simple, truly traditional
use their imagination. Books that have recently been turned into movies are always popular, must
items. These two sides of the sushi coin
reads. Alternative literature such as comic books and graphic novels like the “Watchmen” or “Dark
sometimes challenge the other and make
Knight Returns” series readily attract children’s interest. Although children have many entertainit necessary to prove their worth and
ment choices, books are as popular today as they were generations ago.
authenticity.
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I have always been an advocate of
children love and that also inspires them intellectually are books. Books encourage children to
creative sushi that steps outside of
expand their reading and literacy skills, and help to better prepare them to succeed in life. This
tradition as well as the contemporary
holiday season give a gift that is both fun and tweaks the imagination—think reading!
classics, we as a sushi-loving nation, have grown to expect and love. This began for me as a way
To help in choosing some intriguing books for the children on your gift list, the following is a
to localize an international food phenomenon and to apply one of the most important tenants of
very brief selection of books by grade level that have proven kid appeal.
sushi–using local, fresh ingredients.
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Librarians and bookstore employees can provide more extensive lists of award winning and
recommended books that will prove to be holiday gifts that keep on giving. Book have a long life
with the most beloved stories being read over and over, eventually passing on to siblings and
friends. Remember, a book a day helps keep illiteracy at bay!
Dr. D. Jackson Maxwell is a National Board Certified Teacher and an Educational Consultant. If
you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Maxwell via email at: maxwellj01@
k12tn.net
MARKET REAPING
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K AT I E B R U N E A U
If you’ve driven around Cooper-Young lately, you’ve probably noticed the yard signs with the
slogan “Don’t be a Dick.” Under the slogan is a picture of Dick, and, unfortunately, Dick is always
the victim of a crime. At the bottom of the sign, there are tips on safety awareness for CooperYoung residents, or how not to be like Dick.
This eye-catching campaign is a collaboration between the CYCA and the marketing firm
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be facing an era of accepting a new wave of sushi items based on local ingredients,
rather than the
Harvest, located in Cooper-Young. Edmund Mackey, Safety Chair of the CYCA, approached Harvest
by Jack Gantos
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seafood we have all come
to love
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Wood
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of the
list of seafood whose
is the result. In addition to yard signs and posters, the campaign also includes a website, www.
“The People Could Fly: American
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wild population is in danger
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Virginia Hamilton
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coming into its own, tuna was viewed as a cheap food, much in the way we view imitation crab
“The Foundation
“Owl Babies”
sticks today. But somewhere
along the way, tuna, particularly
the bluefinTrilogy”
variety, became a
by
Isaac
Asimov
by
Martin
Waddell
beloved sushi staple. This love and demand has a hefty environmental price tag. Unlike big eye,
with the idea of launching a safety awareness campaign. Harvest agreed, and the new campaign
safedick.com, and Dick also has a myspace page at www.myspace.com/safedick.
After looking around Memphis and deciding that Cooper-Young was the best fit for them,
Harvest moved to the neighborhood in 2006. Opening its doors in 2003, Harvest is the brainchild
of Daniel Brown and Andrew Holliday. Harvest is a full-service advertising and design agency
offering design, advertising, and public relations for a complete creative marketing solution.
Harvest’s clients range from one-man start-ups to very large companies, and their client list
includes NCDS (a subsidiary of SunTrust Banks Inc.), Downtown Condo Connection, DAC, Make-A-
“The meet
Incredible
Journey”often
“Stellaluna”
ahi and yellowfin tuna,
bluefin mature very slowly. The fishing industries
this demand
by
Sheila
Burnford
by
Janelle
Cannon
by taking young bluefin from the wild and ranching them for year-long accessibility.
Wish, the University of Tennessee, among others.
Series of Unfortunate
“Uptown”
This is causing a stir
in worldwide bluefin populations and poses a“Atremendous
issue of
Events”by
Lemony
Snicket
by
Bryan
Collier
sustainability. While researchers develop ways to breed bluefin in captivity and experiment
with
they worked well together. Andrew says, “We saw a space that we could fill in the market and
Lord of continues
the Rings”to
Giving Tree”
ways to use mackerels“The
as surrogate
carriers for bluefin eggs, the wild“The
population
by
J.
R.
R.
Tolkien
by
Shel
Silverstein
suffer. There is speculation that factory-farmed bluefin may eventually replace the populations we
Earthsea with
Cycle”
“Uncle
Barbershop”
have
now Jed’s
and become
our sole option. And as we are “The
now learning
cultivated salmon, this
by
Ursula
K.
LeGuin
by
Margaret
King
Mitchell
could pose many less than ideal issues.
“Tuesday”
David
Wiesner
Perhaps
webysushi
lovers
should reconsider our love of bluefin tuna“The
and Golden
strive toCompass”
create less
by
Philip
Pullman
Middle
School
demand for it. In a time where we are getting back to basics and opting to learn where our dinner
“The Dark
Is Rising
“Runaway
Beverly
originated,
weRalph”
shouldbynot
be shyCleary
about avidly applying the same principles
to our
sushi Sequence”
experiby
Susan
Cooper
“Jacob
Have
I
Loved”
by
Katherine
Paterson
ence. The need to use local, as well sustainable seafood, for our sushi should become a priority for
“Thethe
House
of the Scorpion”
“The
House
Dies chefs
Drear”because the plight of the bluefin tuna is just
both
diners
andofsushi
beginning.
The global
by
Nancy
Farmer
by
Virginia
Hamilton
demand for universal sushi items has already and will continue to affect other areas until we learn
“Freaky
Friday”
bysushi
Marywith
Rodgers
to think
and
eat our
more of a local focus. Rather than waiting for this change to be
forced upon us, why not embrace a world of sushi that focuses on local ingredients? The results
could be quite pleasing to both the senses and the soul.
14 LampLighter
December 2007
Daniel and Andrew met while they were both working for other companies and decided that
thought that we had complimentary talents.” The idea behind Harvest is harvesting for the clients
and also providing fresh ideas.
For their first year of business, Daniel and Andrew worked long hours to build Harvest’s
business. Their primary focus is quality, but they also recognize the importance of quick turnaround for clients. “We not only produce quality products, but we also produce them quickly,”
comments Daniel.
In the past year, Harvest has grown from two full-time employees to five. This growth has
allowed them to have more employees who specialize in a specific area, such as web design or
public relations. For more information on Harvest, please visit www.harvestmemphis.com.
FICTION
Tiffany’s Breakfast 8: A One-Way Ticket
JON DEVIN
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Subject: Thanksgiving
Subject: Re: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Sweetheart,
Life is a one-way ticket.
Time to think about Thanksgiving! LOL You know we’ll simply be mad without you. Your brother
(the one with the mustache) is threatening to make a tofu-turkey, a holiday tofurkey! That’s what I
get for sending him to Berkeley. Come home. SOON. Everyone sends love.
Subject: FW: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Mom
>Life is a one-way ticket.
PS-I can pick up the plane ticket if you like.
Do you guys believe this?
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Subject: RE: Thanksgiving
Subject: RE: FW: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Hey Mom,
Dude, take the freebies while your down, bro.
Probably not a good idea right now—tons of work these days, Vincent needs lots of pumpkin pies
Vic
for the holidays. Pecan pies too. With bourbon and mint even—Southern thing, apparently. The
economy’s going sour and my pies are his best seller, so can’t let him down. Everything’s going
well and swell with me. I’ll miss you guys too.
John
Is my baby gonna talk to me this way someday? John, your search for ulterior motives is pretty
pointless…
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Robin
Subject: well and swell
PS- would you ask your brother where he bought the tofurkey?
>Everything’s going well and swell with me
Your father said the same thing a couple weeks ago. Same day that Lehman Brothers went bust
and he lost half a million. So what’s the current crisis? Just spit it out, baby.
Mom
We’ve talked about this, dear boy. Holiday angst is normal is every family. No reason you
shouldn’t suffer with the rest of us.
Vincent
Subject: RE: well and swell
PS- how about some more cranberry biscotti? For next week? Delicious!
A typical response. Everything is fine, I repeat FINE.
John
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
PS- could you please come up with a different email address? How embarrassing…
Thoguht yu said yu not talking to me.
Abey
Subject: RE: RE: well and swell
(Mom drums fingertips on the table.)
I’m waiting…
Subject: RE: RE: FW: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Mom
Sorry. Forgot to take you out of my address book.
PS- don’t ask me not to be me. I’ve always let you be you.
J
PPS- your email address is way too long BTW
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Subject: RE: RE: RE: FW: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Subject: getting annoyed
Funny I didn’t forget to take yu out of mine
Fine, I got laid off this week from the retirement center and my portfolio crashed. Happy?
A
John
PS go see yur mama
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 [email protected] wrote:
Subject: RE: getting annoyed
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Well then, you don’t have to worry about getting vacation time off for Thanksgiving then. Come
Time for a decision, please…
home and see your family. You should receive an e-ticket this afternoon.
Mom
Mom
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: getting annoyed
Subject: RE: getting annoyed
I’ll be there.
Well…?
Subject: RE: RE: getting annoyed
I got all of the numbers right on my powerball ticket tonight.
This ticket is a one-way ticket.
So, what’s that mean exactly?
Alex
November 2008
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JED JACKSON
Toujours l’Audace
At the Dixon Gallery and Gardens
September 20 - November 16
4339 Park Avenue / Memphis, TN 38117
901-761-5250 / www.dixon.org

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